Finding water nearby would not only reduce the cost and complexity of setting up a lunar colony, but would also help it become a stagingpost for future trips further into space.
The Arghandab valley, a staging-post for insurgents attacking the city of Kandahar to the south, is a test of the West's newish strategy in Afghanistan.
阿格汉阿巴德山谷是叛乱分子向南进攻坎大哈市的一个补给站，它对于西方在阿富汗的新策略也是一个检验。
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In 2012 a second bridge will link Chongming to the Yangzi's other bank, making it a stagingpost on a major route between Shanghai's main international airport and the cities of Jiangsu province.